Guys which service is better among the 3? reddit-marketing.pro , upvotes.io, or boostupvotes.com? I've been using upvotes.io and they have been delivering good service so far, but are there any services that might be a bit cheaper?

Is there a chance of getting a reddit account banned if you upvote a thread in a subreddit you are not subscribed in?

No you won't get banned unless accounts used to upvote your posts are traced to have the same IP as your main account.

I choose projects that have good ratings in icobench & icorating.com... then again, I recently heard that these websites can be bribed in exchange for good ratings. Is this true?

Anyway, once Menlo One will launch, it will be much easier and I think we won't need to do as much research since it's going to be "an all in one" decentralized platform... this means there will be no more bribery..

Note that this is only my opinion. IPOs are regulated by the SEC and listed companies are not likely there to scam you..On the other hand, ICOs are unregulated and could end up not doing what they promised aka vaporware and noone can go after them.. This all depends on the project and team behind them. Luckily, with Menlo One, we won't need to exert too much effort in researching which project is good or bad since their incentive system does the research for us via contribution reviews/ratings from the community...

I'm also not sure as to how Menlo One works as a marketplace. Does this act like an online stock broker where we can trade ICOs?

I'm interested in Menlo One, but don't really understand how it works differently than icobench or icorating. Isn't this just another ICO review platform or can we actually buy tokens through their platform?

A an ICO marketplace project called Menlo.One is creating a platform where you will only be required to prove our identity once for KYC requirements. This mid-July, it's going to launch its token sale. When it goes live, investors will be able to buy different tokens within a single platform! I really think that this will change how we investors view ICOs since it will make it very easy and safer.

This is a link to Korean Jew's interview of Menlo's CEO where everything mentioned above is discussed in detail  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw1QBpBYE6o&feature=youtu.be

All my investment positions are at a loss right now. To give you an idea, I bought Eth at $800+ and Bitcoin at $12 almost $13k.  Instead of selling them, I'm planning to invest in token sales but I have to do more research. So far I have filtered out Decoin, Menlo One, Boltcoin, Impetus, and Aethion as the ones with good teams and communities. How does one choose the best when all look the same? Am I missing something in terms of the way I conduct my research?

I like BTC too, but sadly there is no way we can be certain that it will go up this year.

Since we're talking about altcoins, I choose to save my funds until MET (Menlo Token) is released this mid July. Having read their whitepaper, I'd say that this will be a game changer of all ICOs. Can't really go in-depth since I'm still learning how it all works, but their whitepaper can be viewed here https://www.menlo.one.

With the help of Menlo One, your wrong decisions will be lessened when it comes to joining ICOs. They are launching their token sale this mid July and I'm very excited to see some changes for the better in terms of selecting good ICOs. Don't believe me? Check their whitepaper https://www.menlo.one and some interview videos are on YouTube!

With Paybear just in its preliminary stage, it's understandable that it's not yet as stable and does not support as many coins like CoinPayments. With that said, are there any special feature or benefit that Paybear offers that sets it apart from other payment gateways?

I still think that Eth is the better than Bitcoin in terms of the features it offers including smart contracts. With this, it has a better chance of being used in future business transactions..

the problem is that we don't know where the bottom is. Analysts say $3k or lower and I'm starting to believe that they are right given that bears have overpowered the bulls around $9k levels which isn't even the major resistance.

I totally agree that we need some form of regulation and that it is important that all users follow a set standard of rules for everyone's benefit.

Green looks good, but this may only be for the short term... I don't know of any news that could bring and sustain prices moving up.

I believe that Bitcoin will be pushed down (probably manipulated) so hard that it will create a snowball effect and will make investors think it is going down for real. The main reason here is that Billionaires will probably get on-board during the dip.

I think the payment platforms have come up with a temporary solution by batching transactions. Then again, it is only a bandaid solution and we need one that's long term and free from any hiccups if possible since these are big businesses we are talking about.

It seems that Ripple is the most overvalued coin for me, since it's price was probably manipulated by whales whom I suspect were the banks...

I think you're right and the reason is as simple as more people have started understanding, using, and investing in Bitcoin. It somehow snowballed in 2017.